Wichita eagle., 1887-07-22
THE PEERLESS PRINCESS.
The Views of Disinterested Observer.

The Views of Disinterested Observer
To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Each time that have visited the west ]
have been more and more amazed at the
wonderful development and vastness Of this
highly favored country, Leaving the
grand old city of Baltimore by either the
b d o. or the Pennsylvania system and
travelling continuously for fifty-six hours,
you find yourself very nearly in the geo
graphical centre of our great and grand
country. The entire journey marks a line
of progress. On every hahd you see the
smoke from the engine or the sturdy farm
er filling kind soil. AS one glides along
through such scenes he naturally looses
himself in speculation as to why land so
blessed should afford Judgment to the an
archist. Surely his home is not here.
Here his deadly warfare against society is
unprovoked and must be instigated solely
by the evil part of his own nature and the
perverted man deserves to view this fair
land but dimly with iron bars to obscure
his vision.
An appearance Of general prosperity
marks the prospect along the entire route;
but when we pass the borders of Missouri
and descend into the fertile plains of South
ern Kansas, such scenes of beauty burst
upon the vision, all SO suggestive of health
and happiness, that it is not difficult to i'm
agine yourself travelling through an
Utopia, such as men have but dreamed of
hitherto. And when you learn more, par.
ticularly OF the wonderful productivness of
this soil and climate. you exclaim: "This
is the Nile of America" A sense of be-
wilderment steals over one when he reflects
how new this country is to civilization, that
only few years ago the Indian and buffa-
10 roamed the great plains which are now
covered with fine farms and dotted with
thriving towns. And when he reaches
the head and commanding center of this
wonderful region which has its natural sit
uation at the confluence of the Big and Lit
tie Arkansas rivers, aud finds there suita-
BILE metropolis with all the appurte-
nauces Of great eastern cities, his as.
constituent passes bounds. In simple fact
this city of Wichita stands today the great
est monument to the energy and enterprise
of the whole west Astonishing as is its
present magnitude and power, deeper
of the fact develops the still
more surprising truth that we are witness.
ing only the beginning. Wichita's past
marvellous growth has not been causeless,
and the same great causes which called her
into being instead of expanding latent force
are accommodating momentum. Besides the
advantages of geographical position, which
are incalculable, those mighty and far-see-
Ing magicians. our railroad magnates, who
point to the map and trace the destinies of
empire, have Enthusiastically revealed their
projects to make the Wichita of today no
more to the Wichita of the next decade
than was the border town of ten years ago
10 the metropolis of the present. Wichita
commands a territory as rich In
and resources as
i is boundless in extent.
As mere illustration, l will mention one
If the many projects of the great railroad
systems which promise incalculable bene-
its to this favored city. The Santa Fe
system Is about to establish line of steam
hips from Galveston to New York, and
mother from Galveston to European ports.
Besides securing cheap transportation for
merchandise from the east,
his connection will do much more for
Wichita. The great fertile valley which is
tributary to her, could 60 far towards sup
lying the demand for corn of quarter of |
he whole globe and this line of steamship |
o Europe and New York will constitute a |
irect channel of exchange between the
market of Wichita and the great markets
f two continents. Nature has been kind |
0 southern Kansas in her gift of soil, but |
Under still in that of climate. The
tally of America is not misnomerG3 THE
ottest days of summer are fol.
owed by cool nights, which afford
sleep, while the morn
,g air is so pure and sweet-as fresh from
ne grass and grain fields we inhale it in
opious draughts, infectious of delights
nd happiness-that we find ourselves re-
,eshed for the. day with vigorous appe
tes Just as the dry heat of summer
e,e is not oppressive, so the dry cold of
inter is not disagreeabe The sole OBJ
,ction that conld be advanced az ainst this
larming climate is that the winds of lat e
inter and early spring are too high to be
yreeable, but nowhere is there land
here the climate is absolute perfection.
OBSERVER.
KANSAS FARMERS DONE UP"